Cordillera Rice Terraces
Also known as Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (iv), (v).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Philippines
Inscribed
1995
List reference
722
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Cordillera Rice Terraces is about 80 km north-east of Baguio. The nearest other World Heritage site is Historic City of Vigan, about 110 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Baguio · about 448,000 peopleabout 80 km south-west
- Tuguegarao · about 115,000 peopleabout 100 km north-east
- Vigan · about 49,000 peopleabout 110 km north-west
- Dagupan · about 164,000 peopleabout 130 km south-west
- Laoag · about 207,000 peopleabout 150 km north
- Cabanatuan · about 220,000 peopleabout 160 km south
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
PhilippinesCultural107 km away
PhilippinesCultural141 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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